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. 2021 Mar 9;7(1):30–35. doi: 10.1016/j.afos.2021.02.002

Table 3.

Changes in variables after 10 years for patients in their 50s (n = 47).

Variable Baseline Follow-up P-value
Age, yr 55.5 ± 3.0 65.8 ± 3.0
Height, cm 155.6 ± 5.3 153.3 ± 5.7 < 0.001
Weight, kg 54.3 ± 9.1 54.2 ± 9.1 0.832
BMI, kg/m2 22.5 ± 3.4 23.1 ± 4.0 0.010
Whole-body BMD, g/cm2 0.911 ± 0.093 0.891 ± 0.067 0.060
Whole-body bone mass, kg 1.57 ± 0.25 1.49 ± 0.22 < 0.001
Whole-body fat mass, kg 18.1 ± 5.3 17.9 ± 5.7 0.613
ALM, kg 14.4 ± 1.9 14.4 ± 2.1 0.629
LMI, kg/m2 5.96 ± 0.76 6.15 ± 0.93 0.003
Sarcopenia
T-score of total hip BMD
T-score of lumbar spine BMD
10/47 (21%)
−1.47 ± 1.15
−1.48 ± 1.30
7/47 (15%)
−2.07 ± 0.88
−1.73 ± 1.29
< 0.001
0.076

Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation or number.

BMI, body mass index; BMD, bone mineral density; ALM, appendicular lean mass; LMI, lean mass index.